# NTSB NYC84FA057: Piper J3C-65, N70779, North Hampton, NH, December 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 17, 1983, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: North Hampton, NH
- Location: 42.9613° N, 70.8302° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAMPTON AIRFIELD (7B3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9613&lon=-70.8302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35306
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35306/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA057

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - airspeed - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, dual student
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

THE ACFT STALLED AT ABOUT 100 FT OF ALT AFTER TAKEOFF DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLT. ONE WITNESS SAID THE ACFT TURNED THROUGH 180 DEGREES BEFORE IT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW AND RIGHT BANK ATTITUDE. ANOTHER WITNESS SAID HE THOUGHT THE ACFT WAS GOING TO DO A LOOP BEFORE IT TURNED RIGHT AND DOVE TO THE GROUND. THE ENGINE SOUND WAS NORMAL. THE STUDENT PLT HAS NO RECOLLECTION OF THE FLT. HE HAD HIS FIRST SOLO FLT ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE ACCIDENT WITH NO SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N70779 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C-65
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17800
- Airframe hours: 7881
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A65 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Frank W. Vogt
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 22, 1983, 77 hours before
- Departed: 7B3, NORTH HAMPTON, NH
- Airport: 7B3, Hampton, runway 20, 2,000 × 300 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; flight instructor, private, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, unknown; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 723 total, 173 in this make and model, 720 as pilot in command, 199 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Observed at: KPSM, 5 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831217061569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831217061569A), Dec 17, 1983: Piper J3C65, North Hampton, NH, Destroyed. Stalled and dived to the ground after reaching 50 to 100 feet on climbout.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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